We can't impose our will on a system. We can listen to what the system tells us, and discover how its properties and our values can work together to bring forth something much better than could ever be produced by our will alone.
Donella H. MeadowsThe will is the keystone in the arch of human achievement. It is the culmination of our complex mental faculties. It is the power that rules minds, men and nations.
Thomas Parker BoydTags: will inner-strength
Humans do not possess a single, focused will. In their hearts, they have countless bugs, buzzing in all directions. There are times when all these bugs pounce on the same food, but when they are focused on different desires, people take actions that can only be described as incoherent.
Kōhei KadonoNo matter how pathetic or pitiful, every human is fated to have one moment in their lives in which they can change their own destiny.
Takayuki YamaguchiTags: equality freedom humanity people fate will destiny worth human-rights rights
I could see her will leaving and death seeping through her skin to skewer her soul.
J.D. StroubeTags: soul will dark paranormal willpower skewer
This Lord of natures today was transformed contrary to His nature;
it is not too difficult for us to also overthrow our evil will." Hymns of the Nativity, Hymn 1:97, pg. 74 in Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns (New York: Paulist Press, 1989).
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What about you? What do you do?” I needed to ask questions, draw him out. I needed to find out all the information I could. My voice sounded strong and smooth, but my hands were shaking. I put them in my lap so he couldn’t see.
“I prey on innocent villagers and terrify their children,” he said with a nasty smile. “And sometimes when I’m feeling really evil, I read books or paint.
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He glanced up once, eyes bored. “Please stop talking. I’m trying to eat.
Kate Avery EllisonTags: will funny eat kate-avery-ellison the-curse-girl will-to-beauty
Thy will be done, my Lord. Because you know the weakness in the heart of your
children, and you assign each of them only the burden they can bear. May you
understand my love–because it is the only thing I have that is really mine, the only thing that I will be able to take with me into the next life. Please allow it to be courageous and pure; please make it capable of surviving the snares of the world.
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